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Aug. '3 1926. 1,594,535

I. J. LINDBECK CONTAINER Filed Jan. 30, 1926 INVENTOR ;ATTORN EY BY @ig gum z J.LI;/Zdbeck Patented Aug.3,1926. 1,594 535;

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ING-WARZD'J. LINDBECK, F TULRJQOCIEZ, CALIEQRNIA.

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Application filed January 30, 1926. Serial N0. 184,8 2-.,

This invention relates to improvements jacentthe back of the same. This hinge in containers, and particularly to a type of acts to maintain the container indan. upcontainer for use in kitchens to contain food right positionand totend to movethe same ingredients, such as spices, condiments, and rear-wardly toward the panel. 5 the like which are used? in commotion-with Thecontainer is provided with a lid. 5 cake, pastry and bread making and other having side flanges 6 to overlap the sides cooking i of the container somewhat; andalipT along I have particularly in mind to install my the front projecting outward y ofthe front container in a bakery kitchen to hold theinof the container and terminatinggin a roll 65 i0 gredients most frequently used by bakers, 8 which eng ges the loop 2 to form a fricbut the device is also'admirably adapted for tion catch when the lid-is vclosed. The lid installation in any restaurant, hotel, or is secured onto the back of the container in household kitchen for various purposes. a horizontalplane below the top of thecon- The principal object of my invention is tainer by a hinge 9 of suitable character. 70 to provide a container for the purpose The lid projects rearwardly beyond the conadapted to be mounted in a fixed position tainer and hinge and carries on its rear end on a wall, so constructed that a pulling a horizontal rod 10 which extends lengthmovement of the container toward the user wise of the container and at'its opposite ends I will automatically cause the lid of the con is slidably disposed in guide slots 11 which 7' tainer to be raised; and when the pull on are formed in brackets 12 mounted on the the container is released the lid will autopanel 3. These slots are disposed at an matically return to a covering position. acute downward angle from their rear ends This arrangement enables the goods to be nearest the panel, the rod 10 being at the kept in a sanitary manner, enclosed against upper end of the slots when the container 80 e5 deterioration and contamination with dirt, is in a vertical position, and the lid being dust or moisture, while enabling the user to then closed on the containerv get at such goods with the use of but one By means of this arrangement when the hand and without having to manually reloop 2 is engaged and pulled the container 11 ove and replace the lid, 15 swung fOIWlI'Cl On its hinge 4:, and the lid 35 A furth r bj ct f th in tio i t hinge 9 of course follows the container on produce a simple and inexpensive device an arcuate line whose center is the hinge i. and yet one which will be exceedingly eftec- The rod 10 however can only follow the tive for the purpose for which it is designed. slope of the slots 11, which of course are dis- These objects I accomplish by means of posed in a different line from the arcuate 90 such structure and relative arrangement of line of movement-of the hinge 9. The repart as ill f lly a ear by a, er al of sult is that as the container is thus pulled the following specification and claims. forward the lid is caused to open, the down- In the drawings similar characters of ward and outward movement of the containreference indicate corresponding parts in the er, and the subsequent opening of the lid 95 several views: being limited by the rod 10 engaging the Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the container lower and Outer ends of the Slo s- Up n with the lid in closed position. the pressure on the loop :2 being removed Fig. 2'is a sectional elevation of the con the spring hinge 4 acts to restore the container with the lid in open position. tainer to its normal position, causing the 100 Referring now more particularly to the lid to be again closed.

characters of reference on the drawings, The panel 3 isadapted to be fixed onto the numeral 1 denotes the container, which a wall by any suitable means and any deis an open topped member preferably of recsired number of alined containers, each in tangular shape, and having on its front face dependent of each other, may be mounted 105 r adjacent its upper end a rigid pull loop 2 on a single panel.

in which a finger may be inserted. From the foregoing description it will be A panel 3 is provided with the container readily seen that I have produced such a at the back of the same, the container being device as substantially fulfills the objects permanently mounted on the panel by a of the invention as set forth herein. 110

spring hinge 4 of ordinary form, which is While this specification sets forth in dedisposed at the bottom of the container adtail the present and preferred construction -sa c of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: c

1. A container structure comprising a body member, a lid hinged thereto, means on which the body is turnably mounted for movement in a vertical plane supporting and normally holding the body in a predetermined position, and means for causing the lid to be closed when the body is in such position and for causing the lid to be opened when the body is turned on its support from said position.

2. A container structure comprising a body member, a lid hinged thereto, means on which the body is turnably mounted for movement in a Vertical plane supporting and normally holding the body in a predetermined position, guide members mounted in a fixed position relative to the body, and means mounted in connection with the lid and engaging the guides; the latter being disposed relative to the pivotal connection of the body and to the hinge to cause the lid to be closed .when the body is in such predetermined position and to be opened when the body is turned from said position.

3. A. container structure comprising a body member, a lid hinged thereto along the back thereof, hinge means at the bottom of the body adapted to be mounted in a fixed position, guide members at the sides of the body fixed relative thereto and sloping downwardly and outwardly from adjacent the body, and a member fixed on the lid and engaging the guide members.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

INGWARD J. LINDBEGK. 

